[LM_NET] AR and Book Guide Question

["Chrusch, Melissa" <mchrusch@DALLASSD.COM>]

Hello Everyone,
I have just started a new position as a K-5 librarian in two elementary schools (on 
a weekly schedule, when I am at one school a library assistant is at the other) and 
the school is trying to get AR started up. I used AR in my last district, but we 
were buying the quizzed indivually and it was nice and easy to maintain a list of 
which books were AR and which were not. I went and used highsmith star labels to 
show point levels and printed out AR quiz lists straight from the AR Program.
 
With the new school we are using Enterprise, and I have been reading many of the 
posts on LM Net  about AR, but I did want to ask a question or two of those of you 
who are also using the program.
 
We have ordered it, but it is not installed, nor have I had the 
training/professional development time, but I have read the website and flyers and 
PDFs available. I was wondering how most of you found out which of your books were 
AR when you use Enterprise? I was reding that in general you have to go to the Ren 
Learning site and type in each title. But the representative from AR told me that 
Book Guide would do that for me, and allow me to upload my Marc records. But when I 
asked specific questions she sent me information that seemed more directed towards 
the Quiz Buying population, and not Enterprise, sending links about exporting your 
AR quiz lists....but I would be wanting information about IMPORTING my Marc 
records, and I found nothing that tell me I can do that, other than the 
representative.
 
Does Book Guide even work with Enterprise? Is there anyone here who uses both?  I 
just am not sure how to start this whole process, and if I really do need to type 
in 20,000 titles I'd like to know before I spend 200 dollars of my library budget 
on something that won't do what I need, I'm sure you understand. Plus I'll need to 
stop sleeping so that I can use all 24 hours in a day to type titles in ren 
learning, haha..
 
Thanks!
 
 
Melissa Chrusch
Elementary Library Media Specialist
Dallas Elementary and Wycallis Elementary
Dallas School District, Dallas PA
mchrusch@dallassd.com

 

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